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Informationen zum Autor ABOUT THE EDITORS Anne-Marie Brady, Catherine McCabe and Margaret McCann are Assistant Professors at Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. Klappentext Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing: a Systems Approach is a comprehensive yet easy-to-read overview of medical and surgical nursing, designed specifically to support all nursing students learning to care for the adult patient. Highly illustrated and with an easy-to-follow systems-based structure, it provides a thorough foundation in anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, medical management, and nursing care for the full spectrum of adult health conditions.Key features include:* Extensive coverage of principles of nursing assessment, medication administration, infection prevention and control, and nutritional care* Key need-to-know-information and definitions for the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of a range of illnesses and conditions* Detailed overviews of nursing care, including patient education, treatment, and complications* An online resource centre with a range of extras for both lecturers and students, including case studies, reflective activities, interactive multiple choice questions, and further reading listsFundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing: a Systems Approach is the ideal textbook to help students succeed on their adult nursing course.The companion website website www.wileyfundamentalseries.com/medicalnursing contains:* Interactive multiple-choice questions* Reflective questions for downloading* Case studies* Links to online resourcesWhen you purchase the book you also receive access to the Wiley E-Text: Powered by VitalSource. This is an interactive digital version of the book, featuring downloadable text and images, highlighting and note-taking facilities, bookmarking, cross-referencing, in-text searching, and linking to references and abbreviations.Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing is also available on CourseSmart, offering extra functionality as well as an immediate way to access the book. For more details, see www.coursesmart.co.uk/9780470658239. Zusammenfassung Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing: a Systems Approach is a comprehensive yet easy-to-read overview of medical and surgical nursing, designed specifically to support all nursing students learning to care for the adult patient. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the series ix Preface x About the editors xii Contributors xiii How to get the best out of your textbook xviii About the companion website xxi Part 1: Common Principles Underlying Medical and Surgical Nursing Practice 1 Chapter 1 Principles of nursing assessment 2 Naomi Elliott Chapter 2 Principles of drug administration 12 Sue Jordan Chapter 3 Principles of intravenous therapy 26 Lisa Dougherty Chapter 4 Principles of nutritional care 44 Carolyn Best and Helen Hitchings Chapter 5 Principles of infection prevention and control 58 Sile Creedon and Maura Smiddy Chapter 6 Principles of acute care for older people 78 Louise Daly, Debbie Tolson and Anna Ayton Chapter 7 Principles of end of life care 90 Kevin Connaire Chapter 8 Principles of perioperative nursing 104 Joy O'Neill, Bernie Pennington and Adele Nightingale Chapter 9 Principles of high-dependency nursing 124 Tina Day Chapter 10 Principles of emergency nursing 142 Valerie Small, Gabrielle Dunne and Catherine McCabe Part 2: Adult Medical and Surgical Nursing 155 Chapter 11 Nursing care of conditions related to the skin 156 Zena Moore and Julie Jordan O'Brien Chapter 12 Nursing care of conditions related to the respiratory system 176 Anne Marie Corroon and Geralyn Hynes Cha...
